[RED DEMOCRATICA] House committee approves bill to cut UN funding

 

Reading this on a mobile device? Try our optimized mobile version here: http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dioiBYsTizCbiFnrCicOlqBVzxwT

	October 14, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate House committee approves bill to cut UN funding By a party line vote of 23-15, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a measure sponsored by committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., to cut U.S. funding for the United Nations by 50% if the world body does not shift over to permitting voluntary contributions. Proposed legislation would also see the U.S. withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and disengage from any UN body that endorses a change in status for Palestinians. Polling released by the Better World Campaign indicates that large majorities of Americans want the U.S. to be active at the UN and want the U.S. to pay its dues. United Nations Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth said, "This polling once again shows that Americans do not want to see the United States go back into debt at the United Nations." Inter Press Service (10/13), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (10/13)      UNHCR scales back work in Kenya  Pakistan struggles to mount effective polio battle  Research is needed to achieve cookstove goals  Arab women look to reform societies  South Africa moves to fight rhino poaching  UN official: Syria risks civil war  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security Despite GOP Opposition, Poll Finds Most Voters Support #UN Engagement bit.ly/r7hvTd via @TheAtlantic" @unfoundation "Republicans who are championing a UN funding cut say it is a way to help balance the books. In reality, American dues payments to the United Nations amount to a tiny fraction of the overall budget. But even for that small investment, the United States gets a lot back in return." UN Dispatch UNHCR scales back work in Kenya The UN refugee agency is continuing to distribute water, food and medical services to famine refugees in the Dadaab camps near the Kenya-Somalia border, but has suspended all non-life-saving activities after the abductions Thursday of two female Spanish aid workers. Police say it is not yet clear who kidnapped the workers, employees of Medecins Sans Frontieres, but they are believed to have been taken into Somalia. BBC (10/14)      Other News Kyrgyzstan points to female leader, air base in Security Council bid Bloomberg Businessweek (10/13)      Pakistan struggles to mount effective polio battle Pakistan's ongoing struggle to eradicate polio is an example of how the country's leadership has failed to provide the security, process and information necessary to wipe out the disease. Pakistan is one of only four countries in the world where polio remains endemic, and has experienced an upswing in confirmed cases throughout 2011. The Economist (10/15)      MVP vs. MDGs: Where does model project stand? The Millennium Villages Project, one approach toward achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals in rural Africa, is inching closer toward determining the key pathways of progress, the relative costs and the possibilities of replicating the results elsewhere. "There are very few studies like ours that take as their end point the success of the MDGs in real time and with carefully monitored budgets," writes Jeffrey Sachs, special UN adviser on the MDGs. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (10/13)        Other News Pakistan needs more aid to manage monsoon flooding IRINNews.org (10/13)      Australia scuttles proposed refugee swap with Malaysia BBC (10/13)      Mexican authorities turn former drug safehouse into children's center The Washington Post/The Associated Press (10/13)      Research is needed to achieve cookstove goals Replacing cooking fires and inefficient, smoky stoves with cookstoves powered by electricity, solar power or a range of clean fuels could save up to 2 million lives annually, particularly among women and children, according to a policy analysis published Thursday by leaders from the National Institutes of Health. Research needs to be carried out over the next decade -- at a cost estimated between $150 million and $200 million -- to determine how best to reach the goal of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership started by the United Nations Foundation, to help 100 million homes adopt cleaner stoves. Reuters (10/13), PBS/NewsHour/The Rundown blog (10/13)        Arab women look to reform societies As constitutions are being rewritten across the Arab world, women in Egypt and Tunisia -- where the revolutions are furthest along -- are rewriting the laws of civil society to protect women's rights. The Economist (10/15)      Other News Projects empowering adolescent girls compete for Girl Effect Fund The Huffington Post (10/13)      South Africa moves to fight rhino poaching South African authorities are limiting the country's lucrative trophy hunting industry and requiring official presence at all hunts in a bid to crack down on rhino poaching. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (10/13)      Carbon prices in UN market are slumping as demand flags UN Certified Emission Reduction credits for December next year fell Thursday to a record low, while credits for next December, this year, declined 5.3% to $9.82 a metric ton, as supply far outstripped demand. The UN market -- part of the world body's Clean Development Mechanism, by which approved projects cut emissions in China, India and other countries -- has supplied some 253 million metrics tons of new credits so far this year, nearly double the tally from last year. Bloomberg (10/13)      Other News Climate change is threatening global coffee supply, Starbucks warns The Guardian (London) (10/13)      Tuvalu seeks climate strategy to combat severe weather The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (10/13)      UN official: Syria risks civil war The seven-month crackdown by Syria on mostly peaceful anti-government protesters, in which more and more government soldiers are switching allegiances after refusing to kill unarmed civilians, is "already showing worrying signs of descending into an armed struggle," Navi Pillay, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, said today in a statement. The world body estimated the death toll at more than 3,000. Al-Jazeera (10/14), BBC (10/14)      U.S. eyes more Iran sanctions after plot allegations U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for increased sanctions on Iran in the wake of an alleged plot by Iranian authorities to carry out an assassination on American soil. The Obama administration says it has evidence to prove the plot existed which can be used to drum up support for sanctions at the United Nations Security Council. ForeignPolicy.com/The Cable blog (10/13), Reuters (10/13)      Other News Court rejects prosecution request for 2 Mladic trials AlertNet/Reuters (10/13)      Position Title Company Name Location Communications Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Deputy Director, mHealth Alliance United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Business Math IT Instructor Akilah Institute for Women Kigali, Rwanda Managing Director, Development Teach for America Los Angeles, CA Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch UN Radio News Service Bangkok braces for heavy flooding this weekend UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. Job Board:  Jackie Basso (202) 407-7871       Recent UN Wire Issues: Thursday, October 13, 2011 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Monday, October 10, 2011 Friday, October 07, 2011     Lead Editor:  Adam Mazmanian Contributing Editor:  Juliette Terzieff     Mailing Address: SmartBrief, Inc.®, 1100 H ST NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005     © 1999-2011 SmartBrief, Inc.® Legal Information

 

__._,_.___

Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic

Messages in this topic (1)

Recent Activity:

• New Members 1
• New Links 24

Visit Your Group

Red Democratica 10 years "On line" (1998-2008)!
Http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com
Boletin Diario :
Http://reddemocratica01.blogspot.com
Foro Debate :
Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion

Ahora en FACEBOOK : Red Democratica

Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1631/articulos/protesta.phtml
Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1612/articulos/debate.phtml

Celebrando 10 anos "On Line"..2009

Keep the candle burning

I have a dream
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/interactiveFrame.htm

FORUM TPSIPOL: RED DEMOCRATICA (1998-1999).
Informacion : Http://tpsipol.home-page.org

Para enviar un message , enviar a: eleccion@yahoogroups.com
Para suscribirse al Forum , enviar un mensaje a : eleccion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Para salir del Forum, enviar un mensaje en blanco : eleccion-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

MARKETPLACE

Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now.

Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___